Theodore G. Ganiats

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University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Family/Preventive Medicine
ProfessorAppointed: 1981
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Family/Preventive Medicine
Interim Chair
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Mailing Address

9500 Gilman Drive
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California 92093-0628
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (858) 534-6058
Fax: (858) 534-7517
tganiats@ucsd.edu

Qualifications

M.D., University of California, San Diego.

Expertise and Research Interests

Executive Director of the UCSD Health Services Research Center
Primary research interest is health outcomes assessment, including quality of life and cost-effectiveness

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Family Medicine, Health Care Cost Containment, Health Care Economics, Outcomes Research (Medical), Preventive Medicine, Quality of Life Program.

Additional Terms:

Clinical Reasoning, Cost-effectiveness, Family Medicine, Health Outcomes.

Memberships

Institute of Medicine
International Society for Quality of Life Research
Society for Medical Decision Making

Honors and Awards

2002, Family Practice Research Award, California Academy of Family Physicians
1994, UCSD Distinguished Wellness Lecturer, UC/HealthNet, Time preference

Previous Positions

1985-1997, Chief, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Family and Preventive Medicine

Publications

  • Ganiats TG, Concussion in sports, American Family Physician, 64(6), 938 940, 2001 Abstract
  • Sieber WJ, David KM, Adams JE, Kaplan RM, Ganiats TG, Assessing the impact of migraine on health-related quality of life: An additional use of the quality of well-being scale-self-administered, Headache, 40(8), 662-71, September 2000 Abstract
  • Ganiats TG, Carson RT, Hamm RM, Cantor SB, Sumner W, Spann SJ, Hagen MD, Miller C, Population-based time preferences for future health outcomes, Medical Decision Making, 20(3), 263-70, 2000 Abstract
  • Ganiats TG, Judging the evidence for interventions. Asking the right questions about foot examinations for patients with diabetes, Journal of Family Practice, 49(6), 505-6, June 2000 Abstract
  • Woolf SH, Davidson MB, Greenfield S, Bell HS, Ganiats TG, Hagen MD, Palda VA, Rizza RA, Spann SJ, Controlling blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. An evidence-based policy statement by the American Academy of Family Physicians and American Diabetes Association, Journal of Family Practice, 49(5), 453-60, May 2000 Abstract
  • Ganiats TG, What to do until the POEMs arrive. An endothelial example, Journal of Family Practice, 49(4), 362-8, April 2000 Abstract
  • Jackson DJ, Lang JM, Ganiats TG, Epidemiological issues in perinatal outcomes research, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 13(4), 392-404, October 1999 Abstract
  • Cantor SB, Ganiats TG, Incremental cost-effectiveness analysis: the optimal strategy depends on the strategy set, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 52(6), 517-22, June 1999 Abstract
  • Ganiats TG, Young HF, Screening options for colorectal cancer, American Family Physician, 59(11), 2979-80, June 1999 Abstract
  • Ganiats TG, Universal rotavirus immunizations: should rotavirus vaccine be recommended for universal use? An opposing view, Journal of Family Practice, 48(2), 147-8, February 1999 Abstract
  • Ganiats TG, Cantor SB, Cost-effectiveness and Down syndrome, American Journal of Public Health, 89(1), 110-2, Jan 1999 Abstract
  • Kaplan RM, Ganiats TG, Sieber WJ, Anderson JP, The Quality of Well-Being Scale: critical similarities and differences with SF-36 [see comments, International Journal of Quality Health Care, 10(6), 509-20, December 1998 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Browner D K, Dittrich H C, Comparison of Quality of Well-Being scale and NYHA functional status classification in patients with atrial fibrillation. New York Heart Association., American Heart Journal, 135(5 Pt 1), 819-24, May 1998 Abstract
  • Younossi ZM, Teran JC, Ganiats TG, Carey WD, Ultrasound-guided liver biopsy for parenchymal liver disease: an economic analysis, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 43(1), 46-50, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, A spectrum of health policy methods: lessons from the British [editorial], Journal of Family Practice, 45(5), 391-3, November 1997 Abstract
  • Leard L E, Savides T J, Ganiats T G, Patient preferences for colorectal cancer screening [see comments], Journal of Family Practice, 45(3), 211-8, September 1997 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Advances in diabetes management., Western Journal of Medicine, 167(3), 176, September 1997 Abstract
  • Younossi ZM, McHutchison JG, Ganiats TG, An economic analysis of norfloxacin prophylaxis against spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, Journal of Hepatology, 27(2), 295-8, August 1997 Abstract
  • Woolf S H, Ganiats T G, Judging the guidelines for colorectal cancer screening [editorial], American Family Physician, 55(8), 2595, 2598-600, June 1997 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Sieber W J, Weisman M, Self-reported cost of illness and health-related quality of life., Best Practices and Benchmarking In Healthcare, 2(2), 57-62, March 1997 Abstract
  • Winawer S J, Fletcher R H, Miller L, Godlee F, Stolar M H, Mulrow C D, Woolf S H, Glick S N, Ganiats T G, Bond J H, Rosen L, Zapka J G, Olsen S J, Giardiello F M, Sisk J E, Van Antwerp R, Brown-Davis C, Marciniak D A, Mayer R J, Colorectal cancer screening: clinical guidelines and rationale [published erratum appears in Gastroenterology 1997 Mar;112(3):1060], Gastroenterology, 112(2), 594-642, February 1997 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Prevention, policy, and paradox: what is the value of future health?, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 13(1), 12-7, January 1997 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Browner D K, Kaplan R M, Comparison of two methods of calculating quality-adjusted life years., Quality of Life Research, 5(1), 162-4, February 1996 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Justifying prenatal screening and genetic amniocentesis programs by cost-effectiveness analyses: a re-evaluation., Medical Decision Making, 16(1), 45-50, January 1996 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, More on the prostate cancer screening controversy [letter; comment], Western Journal of Medicine, 163(2), 183, August 1995 Abstract
  • Norcross W A, Ganiats T G, Prostate cancer screening--is the controversy resolved?, Western Journal of Medicine, 163(1), 65-6, July 1995 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Cost-effectiveness analysis., Primary Care; Clinics In Office Practice, 22(2), 307-18, June 1995 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Miller C J, Kaplan R M, Comparing the quality-adjusted life-year output of two treatment arms in a randomized trial., Medical Care, 33(4 Suppl), AS245-54, April 1995 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Norcross W A, Halverson A L, Burford P A, Palinkas L A, Does Beano prevent gas? A double-blind crossover study of oral alpha-galactosidase to treat dietary oligosaccharide intolerance., Journal of Family Practice, 39(5), 441-5, November 1994 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Halverson A L, Bogart M H, Incremental cost-effectiveness of incorporating oestriol evaluation in Down syndrome screening programmes., Prenatal Diagnosis, 14(7), 527-35, July 1994 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Discounting in cost-effectiveness research., Medical Decision Making, 14(3), 298-300; discussion, July 1994 Abstract
  • Ganiats T, Do current health status instruments lack wellness measurements? [letter], Family Medicine, 26(3), 140-1, March 1994 Abstract
  • Langer R D, Criqui M H, Barrett-Connor E L, Klauber M R, Ganiats T G, Blood pressure change and survival after age 75., Hypertension, 22(4), 551-9, October 1993 Abstract
  • Norcross W A, Ganiats T G, Ralph L P, Seidel R G, Ikeda T S, Accidental poisoning by warfarin-contaminated herbal tea., Western Journal of Medicine, 159(1), 80-2, July 1993 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Palinkas L A, Kaplan R M, Comparison of Quality of Well-Being scale and Functional Status Index in patients with atrial fibrillation., Medical Care, 30(10), 958-64, October 1992 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, On sale: future health care. The paradox of discounting [see comments], Western Journal of Medicine, 156(5), 550-3, May 1992 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Browner D K, Measles immunization strategies [letter; comment], Family Practice Research Journal, 11(4), 429-32, December 1991 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Humphrey J B, Taras H L, Kaplan R M, Routine neonatal circumcision: a cost-utility analysis., Medical Decision Making, 11(4), 282-93, October 1991 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Wong A F, Evaluation of cost-effectiveness research: a survey of recent publications., Family Medicine, 23(6), 457-62, August 1991 Abstract
  • Langer R D, Ganiats T G, Barrett-Connor E, Factors associated with paradoxical survival at higher blood pressures in the very old [published erratum appears in Am J Epidemiol 1993 Nov 1;138(9):774], American Journal of Epidemiology, 134(1), 29-38, 1 Jul 1991 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Cost-effectiveness concepts and the CE plane [letter; comment], Medical Decision Making, 11(2), 147, April 1991 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Temporal arteritis with normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate., Journal of The American Board of Family Practice, 4(2), 119-22, March 1991 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Schmidt G W, Dorsal penile nerve block [letter; comment], Journal of The American Board of Family Practice, 4(1), 66-7, January 1991 Abstract
  • Puccio E M, McPhillips J B, Barrett-Connor E, Ganiats T G, Clustering of atherogenic behaviors in coffee drinkers., American Journal of Public Health, 80(11), 1310-3, November 1990 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Berry C C, Fullerton J T, Effect of normal MSAFP screening on maternal age for genetic amniocentesis., Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 43(11), 1143-8, 1990 Abstract
  • Ganiats T G, Patric K W, Humphrey J B, Hardebeck J W, Circumcision [letter], Western Journal of Medicine, 151(3), 330-1, September 1989 Abstract
  • Kaplan R M, Ganiats T G, Trade-offs in treatment alternatives for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus., Journal of General Internal Medicine, 4(2), 167-71, March 1989 Abstract
  • Ganiats, TG: Re-evaluation of the use of cost-effectiveness analyses to justify prenatal screening and genetic amniocentesis programs. Med Decis Making 1996;16(1):45-50
  • Ganiats, TG, Browner DK, Kaplan RM. Comparison of two methods of calculating Quality-adjusted Life Years. Qual Life Res 1996;(5):162-4
  • Ganiats, TG, Kaplan RM: Priority Setting: the Oregon Example. in Schwartz FW, Glennerster H, and Saltman RB (Eds): Fixing Health Budgets: Experience from Europe and North America, Sussex, England, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1996
  • Ganiats, TG: More on the Prostate Cancer Screening Controversy. West J Med 1995;163(2):183
  • Ganiats, TG, Miller CJ, Kaplan RM: Comparing the quality-adjusted life year output of two treatment arms in a randomized trial. Med Care 1995;33(4):AS245-54
  • Ganiats, TG: Cost-effectiveness analysis. Prim Care 1995; 22(2):307-18
  • Ganiats, TG, Kaplan RM, Barrett-Connor E, Browner DK, Palinkas LA, Wingard DL: Applying quality of life data in epidemiology studies. Qual Life Res 1995;4(5):431
  • Kaplan RM, Ganiats TG, Rosen P, Sieber W, Anderson JP: Development of a self-administered quality of well-being scale (QWB-SA): Initial studies. Qual Life Res 1995;4(5):443-4
  • Ganiats TG, Halverson AL, Bogart MH: Incremental cost-effectiveness of incorporating estriol evaluation in Down syndrome screening programmes. Prenat Diagn 1994;14(7):527-35
  • Ganiats, TG: Discounting in cost-effectiveness research. Med Decis Making 1994;14(3):298-300
  • Cantor SB, Ganiats TG: Incremental cost-effectiveness analysis: the optimal strategy depends on the strategy set. [Abstract] Med Decis Making 1994;14(4):427
  • Miller CJ, Ganiats TG, Kaplan RM, Browner DK: Methods for estimating quality adjusted life years in studies with unequal observation times. [Abstract] Med Decis Making 1994;14(4):437
  • Sieber WJ, Ganiats TG, Carson RT, Cantor SB: Discounting future health: Moderating effects of age, sex, & education. [Abstract] Med Decis Making 1994;14(4):441
  • Ganiats, TG, Norcross WA, Halverson AL, Burford PA, Palinkas LA: Double-blinded crossover study of oral alpha-galactosidase to treat dietary oligosaccharide intolerance-Does Beano(r) prevent gas? J Fam Pract 1994;39(4):441-5
  • Ganiats, T: Do current health status instruments lack wellness measurements? Fam Med 1994;26(3):140-1
  • Ganiats, TG: Prevention, policy, and paradox: What is the value of future health? Am J Prev Med (Accepted). Leard LE, Savides TJ, Ganiats TG: Colorectal Cancer Screening: Patient Preferences. J Invest Res (Accepted)

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